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# Module 'cmp'

# Efficiently compare files, boolean outcome only (equal / not equal).

# Tricks (used in this order):
# - Files with identical type, size & mtime are assumed to be clones
# - Files with different type or size cannot be identical
# - We keep a cache of outcomes of earlier comparisons
# - We don't fork a process to run 'cmp' but read the files ourselves

import posix

cache = {}

def cmp(f1, f2): # Compare two files, use the cache if possible.
 # Return 1 for identical files, 0 for different.
 # Raise exceptions if either file could not be statted, read, etc.
 s1, s2 = sig(posix.stat(f1)), sig(posix.stat(f2))
 if s1[0] <> 8 or s2[0] <> 8:
 # Either is a not a plain file -- always report as different
 return 0
 if s1 = s2:
 # type, size & mtime match -- report same
 return 1
 if s1[:2] <> s2[:2]: # Types or sizes differ, don't bother
 # types or sizes differ -- report different
 return 0
 # same type and size -- look in the cache
 key = f1 + ' ' + f2
 try:
 cs1, cs2, outcome = cache[key]
 # cache hit
 if s1 = cs1 and s2 = cs2:
 # cached signatures match
 return outcome
 # stale cached signature(s)
 except RuntimeError:
 # cache miss
 pass
 # really compare
 outcome = do_cmp(f1, f2)
 cache[key] = s1, s2, outcome
 return outcome

def sig(st): # Return signature (i.e., type, size, mtime) from raw stat data
 # 0-5: st_mode, st_ino, st_dev, st_nlink, st_uid, st_gid
 # 6-9: st_size, st_atime, st_mtime, st_ctime
 type = st[0] / 4096
 size = st[6]
 mtime = st[8]
 return type, size, mtime

def do_cmp(f1, f2): # Compare two files, really
 bufsize = 8096 # Could be tuned
 fp1 = open(f1, 'r')
 fp2 = open(f2, 'r')
 while 1:
 b1 = fp1.read(bufsize)
 b2 = fp2.read(bufsize)
 if b1 <> b2: return 0
 if not b1: return 1